Sole-preparing machine



w. G. STEWART.

sou-1 PREPARING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9, .1915.

' Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

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W. C. STEWART.

SOLE PREPARING MACHINE.

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SOLE PREPARING MACHINE- APPLICATION HLED JUNE 9. 1915.

Patented Aug. 17,1920.

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SOLE PREPARING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED muss, 1915.

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' SOLE PREPARING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 1UNE9, 1915. 1,349,740.

Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

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WILLIAM C. STEWART," OF SWAMISGOT'I, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOB, EY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, T0 UNITED SHOE MACKINERY CORTPORATION, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SOLE-PREPARING MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that LWILLI'AM C. STEWART, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Swampscott, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain. new and useful Improvements in Sole-Preparing Machines; and i do hereby declare the :lt'ollowing to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in'the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to sole preparing machines for use in the manufacture of ontsoles for shoes.

In the manufacture of high grade shoes, and to improve the appearance of all grades of shoes, it has been the practice to reduce or skive the edge of the flesh side of the shank of the outsole. The reduction oi thc outsole at the shank not only gives a light edge which improves the appearance of the shoe but also facilitates the molding operation by which the shank is rounded into shape and caused to lie in close to the upper. The block and died out soles used for iuak- "lug outsoles have only approximately the shape of the finished sole and from these it diliicult to determine the proper location of the shank portion in which the skiving is made. This is especially ditlicult when using the same type of block and died outsole for making the many different styles of soles and prov] ding forthe variations of the shank location for the different sizes and widths for each style. However, it has previously been the practice for the shoemaker to depend entirely upon hi skill and judgment to properly and uniiiorn'lly locate the shank skiving. This same di'lliculty has also been experienced in properly locating the shank for molded soles where the workmen depended upon their eye for locating the various styles of soles in the molds,

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a machine for preparing outsoles by which a block or died out sole is irovided with a series of marks or indices on its edge to serve as guides for subsequent operation upon the sole. In accordance with this object one feature of the invention contemplates the provision of a sole Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 17, 1% 20.

1915. Serial No. 33,040.

preparing machine having means for supporting and positioning a sole and a of markers for placing indices in the edge of a sole. v

A further object of the invention is to provide a sole preparing machine by which a set of indices are placed on a sole and these indices are located with reference to the true ball line of the sole regardless of its size and the size of finished sole to be made from it. In accordance with this object, a jl lll'llllfil feature of the invention contemplates the provision in a sole preparing machine of a fixed ball line marker and means for positioning and centering the sole so that its true ball line will substantially coincide with the marker when it marked. in the preferred form of the invention the sole is positioned by means oi. a heel gage which is adjusted for different styles and sizes of heels with reference to a fixed ball line marker. These adjustments, however, are for regular and properly sized block and died out soles. In case it is desired to make, for instance, a (3 size outsole out of a, 10 size block sole, the heel. gage has a further adjustment so that the sole will be positioned to have the ball line of: the 6 size sole approximately coincide with the true ball line of the 10 size block sole. ith this system of adjustment the shank will be properly located, and when the sole is attached to the slice it will be trimmed off at the heel as well as the toe by the rough rounding machines.

Another object oi? the invention is to provide a sole marking machine in. which "the sole markers act to posi ion the sole when they are actuated to mark the sole. .lu accordance with this object another 'leature oi. the invention contemplates the provision in a sole preparing machine cl. a Fau'iport fo r a sole and. a plurality oi markers for post tioning marking it.

The present invention also consists in certain devices, combinations and arraiurcments of parts hereinafter descril'ied and claimed, the advantages of which will be obvious to those skilled in the art, from the following description.

the solo on the support and then.

.The preferred form of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure l is a front elevation of a sole preparing machine; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the machine; Fig. 3 is a plan View of the machine; Fig. i is a vertical section of the machine taken on the line 4let of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the machine taken on the line 55 of Fig. 3; Fig. 6 is a vertical section of the ball line marker taken on the line (36 of Fig. 4:; Fig. '7 is a vertical section taken on the line 7 -7 of Fig. 2, showing an elevation of the breast line marker; Fig. 8 is a detail view showing a swiveled marker; Fig. 9 is a plan viewof the swiveled marker taken on the line 99 of Fig. 8; Fig 10 is a detail View of a modified form of sole marker; Fig. 11 isa partial plan view showing the arrangement 'of the heel gage and breast line marker when operating on died out soles; Fig. 12 is a detail view showing the construction of the style wheel; Fig. 18 is a horizontal sectional detail taken on the line l313 of Fig. 1, showing the connection between the operating slide and equalizing lever; and Fig. 1% is a view of a block sole as marked by the machine.

The machine illustrated in the drawings is used for placing a series of marks or indices in the edges of a block or died out sole which serve to act as guides for the boundaries of the shank or act as positioning points in using a shank skiving machine provided with a stop. \Vhen employing the machine for operating on block soles such as illustrated in Fig. 14- the sole rests upon the upper faces of carriers for the sole markers and the heel gage. The sole is positioned by means of a heel gage which is adjusted with reference to the axis of the ballline and all adjustments of the carriers are made with reference to the ballline axis. After placing the sole against the heel gage the markers are actuated to first center the sole and then place notches 20 on both sides of the sole to indicate the boundaries of the heel breast line and notches 22, on the opposite sides of the sole to indicate the boundaries of the ball-line.

The ball-line marker carrier is pivoted on a vertical axis in the front end of the machine frame head 26 which rests on a frame base 28. The ball-line marker carrier has a fixed vertical axis and is adjusted angularly on this axis for the various styles of shoes to change the angle of the ball line. The breast line marker carrier and the heel gage carrier 32, are slidably mounted upon guides 34 and 36 formed integral with the machine head 26. The breast line marker carrier and the heel gage carrier are adjustable longitudinally of the guides with reference to the fixed axis of the ball line marker carrier. The breast line marker carrier has gib plates form a. plain surface adjustments for different styles of solcs. different sizes of soles and dill'crcnt stylcs of heels, andv the heel gage carrier has adjust ments for different styles of solcs and di [forout sizes of soles.

The ball line markcr carrier has a tablc 38 (Figs. --land (l) which is pinned to (ho upper end of a hollow spindle it). pirolally mounted in the machine head. This iablc is providedwith a pair of slots ii. in which are mounted the ball line nmrkcr consist inc; of arms flof the bell cranks it which carry marking blades 100. The uppcr cnds of thc marker arms -l-l project through openings in a pair of table slidcs 58. which morc back and forth in the slots l2 with the arms. The guides for holding thc table slidcs in position consist of a set of gib plalcs l. which are set in the face of the table. thc whole structure being such that thc l'acc of the table 38, the table slides in and the rest or support for the sole while it is being markcd. The marker bell cranks -16 arc pivotallv mounted in yokes .32 formed on cach side of a marker carrier :rlwhich is slidubly mounted upon a rod 56 (Figs. 1 and l) keyed in a socket 58 of the spindle ill. The lower end of the spindle 40 has a basc on which abuts against the lower face of tho machine head 26, so that the table 3H which is pinned to the spindle. is sccurcly hold in position. Formed integral with the spindlc base 60 is pair of arms (32 (Fig. 6) which projectdown through guidcavzrvs ()l formcd in the body of the inarkcr carricr 5-1. This construction unites the table. markcr arms and marker carrier so that any rotation of the table will simultaneously bc imparted to the inarkcr arms and markcr curri r. The lower arms (if) of the bell cranks h, are pivotally connected to an adjusting slidc ()8 on the rod 56 by means of a pair of rollers '70 attached to the lovers (3(3 and projecting into arcuate slots 72 formed in the slidc (1%. As shown in Figs. and (3, the arm (3(3 of thc marker bell crank on thc right cxtcnds to the rear face of the adjusting slide 0H. and the arm 66 of the bell crank lever on the left projects to the front side of thc slidc. The slots 72 permit oscillation of the marker arms around the slide (38 whcn rotating the table 38 to vary the angularitv of the ball line. The adjusting slide is locked from rotation about thc rod fit; by means of a pair of pins Tl. which act as pivot pins in connecting the slide with an equalizing lever 76. .is illustrated in Fig.

13, the adjusting slidc has a pair of slots having a flat face 78, and the pins T-l lmvc a corresponding flat face which rcsls against thc face TS. By this means .hc lidc is held from rotation while having a horizontal pivotal connection with the cqualixing lever to permit a verti al movement o l the slide on the rod The equalizing lever is actuated to move the slide by means 03:. a foot treadle 82 which connected to the equalizing lever by means of the links 84: and 86. The link 84 is always held in a vertical position by means of parallel guide levers 88 and 90 which are piyotally conllti'iifitl between the link 84L and the machine base 28. A. coiled spring 92 connected between the end. of the lever 90 and the base 28 normally tends to hold the equalizing lever and the foot treadle in elevated position. .he marker carrier normally held in elevated position by means of a strong coil spring 91- conneeted between. a pin 96 projecting from the front of the table 38, and a pin 98 mounted in the face of the carrier 54. When the carrier is in elevated. position, the ball line marker are separated and located :in substantially the position shown in Fig. 3, so that the sole may be laid upon the face of the table between them. lVith this constinction, when a sole is rest ing upon the carrier, a downward pressure upon the treadle 82 will pull down the adjusting slide 68 and rotate the bell cranks 16 about their axes until the markers come in contact with the edge of the sole and center it upon the table. The strength of the spring at holds the carrier 54 in elevated position during this operation and it is only when the markers 4-6-1: have come in contact with and centered the sole that the carrier 54; will be drawn down along the rod 56 and against the tension-of the spring ill by a further movement oi the treadle- The ball line markers are cut away at their upper ends to form a recess in which the toothed. marker or cutting blade .100 is clamped by means of screws I102. (Figs. 1 and 3). When the markers are held in their elevated position the bottom of the cutting edge of the blades .100 are tar enough above the top oi the table to not touch the thickest stm-k to be operated upon. In the move ment of the marker arms to center the sole, the sides ot the arms contact the opposite edges oi the sole and during; the marking operation the sides ol the arms remain in contact with the edge of the sole while the marking blades are moved vertically downwe rd to make the notches 22 shown in Fig. iii The openings .in the table slides 43 have substantially the saline contour as the marker arms with the cutting blades in them and are only large enough to permit the arms,

in the niarle to slide freely through them. inn operation the table slides, by fitting so close to the marker arms, give a firm support for the sole so that the blades 1100 make a clean cut in it.

Tl marker carrier for dilleront styles of shoes is d-r5-termined by means of a pair of abut-- ment rods 104i (Figs. 1 2, 3 and. 4;) which ie angular adjustment of the ball line are mounted in lugs 106 formed on opposite sides of the machine head 26. These abutment rods are adapted to contactwith ears 108 formed on opposite sides of the spindle base 60 to hold it in difierent angular positions. The lower side of the table 38 is pro 'vided with a pair of cam surfaces 110 which are acted upon by a spring pressed plunger 112 to keep an car 108 of the carrier pressed against one of the abutment rods 10 5i.

The plunger 112 (l igs. 1 and 4t) is mounted in a recess in the machine head immediately below the table and the head of tie plunger has a pair oi inclined. faces which act on the cam face 110 in holding the table in adjusted position. The ball line marker carrier has a handle 11% by which it may be oscillated about its axis to set it against the abutment rods 10% on the right or left side of the machine head for marking left or right soles, respectively. The cam surfaces 110 on the lower side of the table will be acted upon by the plunger 112 to maintain the adjustment of the table, regardless of which type of sole is being marked. The position oil? the abutment rods 104 is controlled by means of a pair of arms 116 which are keyed to a rock shaft 118 mounted in the guides 34!: and 216 oi the 1nachine head, (Figs. 2, at and 5). A bell crank lever 120 is keyed to the shaft 118 between the guides to move with the arms 116, and has an upper arm which is held in contact withpins 122 of a shoe style wheel 124, by means of a spring 1.26 connected between the lever and a. adjusting bolt 12% mounted in the machine head.

The style wheel which governs the dillerent settings ol the carriers for diliereut styles of shoes (Figs. 41- and 12) consists of a cyliinler provided with a set of radial screw threaded openings 12,0 in which the style pins 122 may be adjusted, and a second set of screw tl'ireaded openings 132 for the reception of wedge screws 1.343;. The style pin o ieninprs are equally spaced around the periphery of the cylinder and the wedge screw openings are arranged. between every other pair of style pin open inns. All of the threaded openings are intersected by radial slots which are termed in group oil: threes with the center slot 136 oil thegnroup intersecting the widge screw openings. The segments between the we escrow slots and the style pin slots are yinlding: so that when the style pins have been adjusted in the openings .130, the wedge screws can be set in o 'ieningrs 1 32 between a pair of style pins to securely lock them in position. The .e wheel. is mounted on a shaft 138 which is journaled between the guides 34.- and 236, andone enl oi the shaft extencs beyond the side of the guide 36. On the extended end of the shaft is mounted a dial 14H) harii a hand wheel 1452. The periphery of the dial provided with a series of notches each of which has a nuextending over the numeral scale.

- the style of sole to be marked, it must be I style pins 122 to permit it to rotate. 1s 'ZICCQDIPllSllGCl by means of a releasing Vunlocked from the pawl 14:6, and the bell crank lever 120 must be removed from the This lever 1 18 which has a shaft pivotally mounted between the guides and 36 immediately below-the style wheel. The end of the shaft or the lever 148 is provided with a cam 150 (Fig. 2) which operates upon the end of the locking pawl 1&6. This cam has a notch 152 which, when placed below the end of the pawl 1&6, will allow a spring 154 connected with the pawl to withdraw the locking face of the pawl from the notch in the style dial. The hand lever 148 is provided with a'lug 158 (Fig. 4) which opcrates between a pair of stop lugs 160 located on the outer face of the guide 34:. \Vhen the lug 158 is against the stop to the right in Fig. 4, the notch 152 is below the end of the pawl and the style wheel will then be unlocked, and when the lug 158 is against the stop to the left in Fig. t, the pawl is held in a position to lock the dial from rotation. Upon the shaft of the hand lever 148, between the guides 53% and 256, is keyed a cam 162 which acts upon a cam face 164; formed on the lower arm of the bell crank lever 120, so that when the hand lever 1 similar to the table 88.

is rotated to bring the notch 152 in position to unlock the pawl from the style dial the cam 162 will act upon the face of the bell crank lever and rotate it to a position out of contact with the style pins 122. lVith this construction, after the style wheel has been moved to any position indicated by the dial, the dial will be locked in this position when the bell crank 120 is brought into contact with the style pins to give the proper angular direction to the ball line marker carrier.

The breast line marker carrier consists of a table 166 having a construction quite The bell cranks 168, with breast line markers 170 extending throughslots in the table, and slide plates 172 for the marker arms movably mounted between the gib plates 174, are substantially the same as the corresponding parts of the ball line marker carrier. The breast line marker carrier table, however, is rigidly mounted by screws 176 on the top 01'? a carrier slidelTS which is slidably mounted upon outwardly projecting flanges 1S0 (Figs. 5 and 7) formed integral at the bottom of the guides 3-- and 36. The bottom of the slide 178 has arms extending across and embracing the flanges 18d, and a pair of guide jlatcs 1 2 are fastened to the arms oi? the slide so as to rcst upon thc top of flanges 180 to securely lock the slide on the guides 3d and 3G. The marker carrier 18st, in which the bell cranks 1G3 arc pivoted, and the actuating slide 1% are substantially the same as the corrcspoinling parts of the ball linc carrier. llowcvcr, since the marker carrier does not rotate. the lowc' arms of the bell crank 16% are pivot ally connected to the actuating slide 1R6 by means of headed stud pins 188 which tit into fiat sided sockets in the slide 186 forming a pivotal connection similar to the connection between the slide (38 and equalizing lever 76 to hold the slide 186 from rotation. A rod 190 carrying the marker carrier l d and adjusting slide 186, substantially the same as the rod 56, and has one end keyed in a socket 192 formed in the slide 178. The adjusting slide 186 of the breast line marker carrier is pivotally connected to the equalizing lever by means of rollers 13H: engaging a pair of slots 196 in the equalizing lcvcr To. The marker carrier and adjusting slide are normally held in elevated position, with the marker arms separated as shown in Fig. 23, by means of a coiled spring 198 conncctcd between a pin in the marker carrier and a pin in the carrier slide 1'78.

The sole is supported and centered upon the breast line carrier, and the markcr blades are mounted in the markcrs and uperate to place notches in the solo at thc breast line in the same manner as hereinbeiore set forth in describing the ball line carrier. The markers of both the ball line and breast line marker carriers are operated by the foot treadle S2, and the order oi their operation is controlled by the equalizing lever 76. The link 84; connecting the equalizing lever with the foot trcadle is provided on one side with a projection 200 which fits between stops 202 and 120i l'ornicd below the pivotal axis of the equalizing lcver. lVith this construction, when the toot trcadle S2 is brought down to operate on the sole, the ball line marker carrier is moved down until the stop JO-tcontacts with the projection 20d, and then the com]- izing lever begins to act on the brcast line marker carrier. The marker carriers are held up by springs 91 and 195 until the marker arms center the sole, and then the "further movement of the trcadle tends to move the carriers down against the action of the springs 9e and 198 to mark the cdgc of the sole. The carrier rods 56 and 15H) have stop plates 205 screwed into their lower ends which limit the downwardmovement of the trcadle when (hitting the notches in the ct ;e of the sole.

The carrier slide lTE-l has adjustments longitudinally of the guides 34 2L1id .36 for diffcrent sizes of soles. This adjustment is obawed by means of a rack 206 (Figs. 3 and 5) which is secured to the lower flange of the slide and meshes with a pinion 208 that is secured on a rock shaft 250 journaled in a scale slide 212. The scale slide is slidably mounted at the side of the guide 34: in guideways 2M formed in arms 216 integral with the guide 34:. On the upper face of the scale slide 212 is formed a segmental size dial 216, the outer periphery of which is provided with a series of notches, each notch being used for a setting for a different size of sole. The face of the dial has a set of numerals to designate the different sizes, and for each numeral the dial has two notches, me representing the size, and the other the half size. A hand adjusting lever 220 is loosely mounted on the shaft 216 to swing over the dial, and has a pointer 222 to indicate setting for the different sizes. The

hand lever is provided with a spring pressed pawl 221 which has a toothed face to enter the notches onthe periphery of the dull and lock the hand lever 111 an ad usted position.

The hand lever is locked to the shaft 210 for rotation therewith by means of an auxiliary arm 226 which is pinned to the upper end of the shaft 210 and has a spring pressed plunger 228 in its outer end adapted to fit into openings 2-30 in the upper face of the hand lever. with an opening 230 to lock the hand lever to the shaft 210, an. adjustment of the hand lever around the dial 214 will tend to reciprocate the breast line marker carrier slide 178 along the guides 34: and 36 to vary the so ting of the breast line marker.

The breast line marker carrier is also connected with the style wheel, so that thesettine" for different sizes of soles may be varied for the different styles of soles. The variation for different styles of soles is secured by means ofa connection of the scale slide 212 with the style wheel12l. A pin 232 is threaded into the back side of the scale slide, in a position to projectthrough an opening 2311-. (Figs. and in the guide 31, and a bell crank lever 236 pivoted on the shaft 118 has a hook 238 on its upper end which engages the pin. The upper arm of the bell crank 236 alsohas a projection 24:0 which is adapted to contact with a set of style pins 241:2 on the style wheel 124. The lower arm of the bell. crank 236 has a cam face 244. which is similar to the cam face 164 on the style adjustment bell crank 120 of the ball line marker carrier. The scale slide 212 is normally held against the bell crank 236 to hold the projection 240 in contact with the ments for the different lVhen the plunger 228 is in register scale slide. In adjusting the breast line marker carrier for different styles of shoes, any change of the bell cranlc 236 by means of the style pins 242 tends to carry the scale slide and the breast line marker carrier slide 178 bodily along the guides 3st and 36, so that the setting for different sizes of shoes by means of the hand lever 220 does not need to be altered for the different styles.

The breast line marker carrier has a fur ther adjustment for different styles of'heels which. is made by locking the arm 226 in different positions in the face of the hand lever 220 by means of the plunger 22? and openings 230. hen moving the arm 226 over the series of openings in the hand lever 220 the shaft 210 is moved to vary the setting of the breast line slide 1'78 while the hand lever 220 remains stationary.

The heel gage carrier consists of the table slide 32 which is mounted between a pair of inwardly projecting flanges 250 (Fig. 5) formed on the upper edge of the guides 34 and 36. The heel gage carrier has adjustsizes and styles of soles. This is secured by means of a rack mounted on the side of the carrier above the guide 34, which meshes with a segment pinion 25-1: formed on the end of the hand lever 220, the pitch of the rack 252 and pinion 25dlltlllfl proportioned so that when the hand lever 220 is moved to adjust the breast line marker carrier, the heel gage will be relatively adjusted thereby, and when the with the size slide.

The upperfacc of the heel carrier provided with a guideway 256 3, l: and in which is slidably mounted a heel gage 256. The heel gage prrwided with a slot 266 by which it may be adjusted along a ];win262.used in securing the heel gage to the carrier In the process of making shoes, especially when using block soles, all of the various sizes of solesare made from a few sizes of block soles. For this reason, when positioning the block solo from its heel end, it necessary to vary the setting of thcheel gage in order that the ball line may be accurately located. F or example, in marking a six size sole from a block sole sufficiently large to make a ten size sole, the heel gage should be set back farther in order to have the axis of the ball line register with the true axis of the ball line of the block sole. The upper face of the carrier 32 is provided with a scale 26 1, and the heel gage has a pair of pointers 266 which work over the scale for determining the setting of the gage. This scale 264: is employed for setting the gage for over-size soles, and the numerals of the scale correspond to" index numbers of the measuring machine shown and described in my copending application Serial No. 33,542 filed June 11, 1915. The heel gage 258 is reversible, and has a single point guiding face 268 used in marking block soles, as illustrated in Fig. 3, and a straight face guide 270 which is used in marking died-out soles, as illustrated in Fig. 9. By having a pointer 266 on each side of the gage 258 it may be located on the scale 26 1 regardless of the type of sole being marked.

When working on all the various styles of shoes, and especially upon infants shoes and womens shoes, of the smaller sizes, it

is necessary to put an extension marking blade on the ball and breast line markers -11 and 170' respectively in order to decrease thenecessary movement of the marker carriers 54 and 18 1 in centering the sole. This extension marking blade is clearly shown in Figs. 10 and 11 in which a blade 272 is provided with an abutment 274-, and has a shank 276 which extends into the recess of the marker arm to be secured in place by the usual screws 102.

In markingsoles which have a sharp angle at the ball line, the angle may be of such direction as to bring the edge of the sole against the side of the marker, and prevent the cutting edge of the blade from marking the $019. lVhen operating upon soles of this, character, it has been found desirable to employ a swiveled marking tool, which is illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9. In this case,

theupper end offthe bell crank 46 has a yoke, in the lower end of which is mounted a fixed pivot 278. and in the upper arm an adjustable pivot 280. A ball line marker 282 is rotatably mounted between the pivots 278 and 280 and carries a marking blade similar to the blade 100.

lVhen drawing the toothed marking blade across the edge of a sole to place notches in its edge, it has been found necessary to provide a table slide to give a bearing for the sole which is being marked. The table slides 48 and 17 2 of the ball and breast line marker carriers shown in Figs. 3 and 9 have openings of the shape of the contour of the marking arm with a blade fastened in it, which are large enough to permit the marking arms to slide freely through them. A

table slide 28 1 for a swiveled marker 282 sole while it is being marked. To assemble the table slide 281 and the marker 28), the table is provided with a key-way 28S, and the marker with a reduced portion 290, so that the part 290 can be passed through the key-way 288, and then the table plate moved along the axis of the marker to bring it in a position to rest on the carrier table 3 \Vith this construction, when the marker arm a1 is moved in to center the sole, the flat face 292 of the ball line marker will be automatically adjusted against the edge of the sole, so that the blade will he in a position to place a notch in the edge of the sole when drawn along the sole edge.

The mode of operation of the machine has been developed in the detailed description of the parts and their relation to one another.

In certain of the claims the terms ball 'line marker, breast line marker. and sole marker are used, which are to be understood as devices for placing a mark or a plurality of marks upon a solo that will visibly indicate the position of the ball line, breast line. and other positions, such as the tip line, heel or toe center. or the end of the shank piece.

Having thus indicated the nature and scope of my invention and having spccilically described a machine embodying a preferred form thereof, I claim as new and dcsire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A sole preparing machine. having. in combination, a ball line marker carrier. :1 breast line marker carrier. :1 heel gage carrier having a heel gage thereon, solc markers mounted in the mar er carriers. means for adjusting the carriers to adapt them for a predetermined type of sole, and means to ac tuate the markers.

2. A sole preparing machine. having. in combination. a ball line marker. :1 breast line marker, carriers for said markers which are constructed to support the sole, and means for actuatii'ig the markers.

3. A sole preparing machine, having, in combination, a support for the solo, a set of sole markers, and means to actuate said. markers to form notches extending completely across the edge of the sole.

1. A sole preparing machine. having. in combination, a support for the sole. a plurality of markers for positioning and marking the sole, and means for actuating the markers.

5. A sole preparing machine having. in combination, a marker carricr for supporting the sole, a plurality of markers mountcd in the carrier, and means to actuaw the markers to first position the solo and then mark it.

(3. A sole prepzuine machine having. in combination, a. plurality of 'arricrs l'or supmarking the sole mounted in one of said carriers, and means for relatively adjusting the carriers to position different types of soles.

7. A sole 1n'e )aring machine having, in combination, a support for the solo, a ball line marker, a breast line marker, and means to actuate the markers to form notches GX- tending completely across the edge of the sole to indicate the location of the ball and breast lines respectively.

S. A sole preparing machine having, in combimition, a support for the sole, a plurality of markers mounted in the support which are normally separated a distance greater than the Width of the sole, and means to actuate the markers to mark the edge of the sole and to return them to normal position.

9. A sole preparing machine havin in combination, a ball line marker, a breastline marker, a heel gage, and means for adjusting the breast line marker and the heel gage with reference to the ball line marker to properly position the sole.

10. A sole preparing machine having, in combination, a sole marker, a support for the sole, a heel gage for positioning the sole, means for adjusting the gage for different styles of heels, and additional means for *arying the adjustment of the gage for different sizes of soles.

11. A sole preparing machine having. in combination, a ball line marker, a breast line marker, a heel gage, means for adjusting the markers for different, styles of soles, and means by which the heel gage may be set to position a sole blank so that the ball line of the sole blank will register With the ball line marker.

12. A sole preparing machine, having, in combination a heel gage carrier, a heel gage on the carrier for longitudinally positioning a sole, a plurality of marking carriers for supporting the sole, markers pivotally mounted at opposite sides of the marker carriers, means for connecting the markers to move in unison, means to actuate the markers to center the sole, and a blade in the markers for marking the sole.

13. A sole preparing machine having, in c m1bination, marker carriers provided With sole markers, a heel gage carrier provided with a heel gage, means to adjust the carriers to position them in providing for different styles and sizes of soles and styles of heels, means to set the heel gage so that the carrier adjustments Will properly position over size soles to be marked and means to actuate the carriers. 1

14:. A. sole preparing machine having, in combination, a marker, a gage, means to support a sole, and means to actuate the marker to center the sole and mark it.

15. A sole preparing machine having, in combination, a support for a sole, a plurality of markers projecting above the top of the support, and means to actuate the markers to form notches extending co1npletely across the opposite cdgss of a sole.

16. A sole preparing machine having, in combination, a plurality of marker carriers for supporting a sole, markers on said carriers normally separated so as to be on opposite sides of a sole supported on the carrier, and means to actuate the markers to contact and mark opposite edges of the sole.

1i". sole preparing machine having, in combination, a ball line marker carrier, a breast line marker carrier, a heel gage carrier having a heel gage for positioning the sole, markers in the ball and breast line marker carriers normally separated to allow the sole to be placed between them, and means to actuate the markers to center the sole and mark it.

18. A sole preparing machine having, in combination, a ball line marker carrier, adjustable about a fixed axis for different styles of soles, a breast line marker carrrier, markers in said carriers for marking the edge-of a sole, a heel gage carrier having a heel gage, and means to adjust the breast line marker carrier and heel gage carrier for different styles and sizes of soles.

19. A sole preparing machine having, in combination, a plurality of marker carriers for supporting the sole, markers in said carriers, a heel gage carrier, and a rcversible heel gage on said gage carrier for positioning different types of soles.

20. A sole preparing machine having, in combination, a ball line marker carrier, a breast line marker carrier, a pair of mark ers pivotally mounted in each, actuating mechanism for each pair of markers mounted 011 the carriers, an operating lever connected With said mechanism for moving each marker toward the center of the carrier to center the sole, and means for drawing the marker across the sole to mark it.

21. A sole preparing machine having, in combination, a marker carrier for supporting a sole, a heel gage carrier having a heel gage for positioning a sole, a pair of markers movably mounted in the marker carrier and a slide movable across the face of the marker carrier and connected With the marker.

22. A sole preparing machine having, in combination, a support for the sole, a gage for positioning the sole, a breast line marker for centering the sole, means to adjust the marker for different sizes and styles of soles, and means to adjust the gage for different styles of heels.

23. A sole preparing machine, having, in combination, a ball line carrier movable about a fixed axis, markers in said carrier,- a breast line carrier having breast line markers, a heel gage carrier having a heel gage, means to adjust the gage and breast line markers with reference to the ball line marker for different sizes and styles of shoes, and means to vary the adjustment of the gage in providing for different styles of heels so that a sole blank may be positioned to have its true ball line in register with the ball line marker, and the finished sole will be located on the blank with reference to its true ball line.

' 2a. A sole preparing machine having, in comb natlon, a support for the sole, a ball line marker, a breast line marker, means 

